Local sports briefs, May 23

Both teams played stellar defense. John Heller made six putouts in center field for the Lions. Grant Norris led the offense with a triple and single. Tyler Fochtman smacked a triple. Svonavec, Heller and Ryan Funa added singles for the 6- 2 Lions.

SOMERSET — Pizza Hut won a pair of Somerset Major League games Saturday in a doubleheader, 15-0 over Mick’s Custom Painting and 22-7 over Kern Brothers Lumber.

In Game 1, Elijah Breegle, Scott Showman and Braden Lohr each went 3-for-3 while Brennan Emerick, Shane Roberts and Austin Heitzer added two hits apiece. Mick’s had Caleb Chabol with a base hit.

In the second game, Roberts had the hot bat for Pizza Hut going 3-for-4 with two home runs and five RBIs. Breegle, Spencer Marteeny and Michael Meyer went 4-for-4 at the plate. Kern Brothers had Seth Maranowski and Scott Watkins with three hits apiece.

SDC 5, FOE 4

SOMERSET — Winning pitcher Colton Stutzman pounded out three hits as SDC Building Center beat the No. 1-ranked Fraternal Order of Eagles 5-4 in a Somerset Little League baseball showdown on Saturday.

FOE’s stats included Carter Geary with a double and Georgie Coyle, Connor Beachy and Jake Swauger each with a single.

Stoystown 15, Portage 0

CAIRNBROOK — B.J. Heinrich threw a three-inning no-hitter with six strikeouts as Stoystown opened its American Legion baseball season with a 15-0 win over Portage on Sunday.

Tyler Funa batted 2-for-2 with a double and three RBIs. Lance Blough ripped an RBI double. Jordan Shroyer scored twice and drove in a pair. Grant Speigle and Wade Walker each contributed two RBIs. Adam Naugle had two hits, including a double. Brett Hart and Ryan Fyock each scored twice.

Boswell wins two

BOSWELL — Dalton Rice picked up the mound win and tagged two triples at the plate in Boswell’s 7-4 Junior American Legion baseball win over Farmington on Sunday.

Zach Maluchnik pounded out three hits, including a double, as Boswell beat Jerome 13-5 on Saturday.

Rice and Joe Fisher each had a single and a double. Paul Tretter provided a pair of hits. Fisher posted the mound win with relief help from Shane Supanick, who struck out seven batters.

PH improves to 8-1

SOMERSET — Pizza Hut improved to 8-1 in Somerset Major League baseball with a 17-14 win over Kern Brothers Lumber on Sunday.

Shane Roberts had the big bat for Pizza Hut, going 3-for-4 with grand slam home run. Pizza hut also had Brennan Emerick and Elijah Breegle with three hits apiece. Kern’s had Colton Walker going 5-for-5 at the plate and Seth Maranowski and Isaac Svonavec with three hits a piece.

Meyersdale 10, Richland 8

JOHNSTOWN — Justin Donaldson had a three-run home run and Ben Lohr fanned 15 batters in relief as Meyersdale rallied for a 10-8 win over Richland Sunday in American Legion baseball action.

Richland jumped out to a 6-0 lead on the strength of a Brad Ditzler three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning. Chris Schrock had three hits for Meyersdale and Tyler Mayhugh had a two-run double. Jake Wissinger had three hits and Alex Paros had a double and a single for Richland.